Tag: Courts & the Law
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Armed Agents at the Polls
The upcoming midterm elections, who gets to vote in them, and how they are conducted, are shaping up to be one of the most important battles for the future of our democracy.
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Trump vs Ballot Envelope
Why, one wonders, does the administration want the Postal Service deciding which envelopes carry a vote?
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Children In Court Alone
Children, detained and alone, facing the government of the United States. This is what deporting the so-called worst of the worst looks like.
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Trump Anti-Birthright Orders
We are one changed mind away from reopening the question of who is born a citizen. The administration seems intent on doing so.
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First Amendment Holds?
For now, the First Amendment held. But states are falling all over themselves to out-MAGA each other and others have passed similar laws. One wonders for how long it can be withstood.
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Bible Required in Texas Schools
State-required Bible reading in public schools. It seems state-sponsored religion is already here.
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FBI Raids
These are the things we will look back on when we wonder where the groups who help people register to vote have all gone.
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At Will
A government workforce that can be fired for any reason is a government workforce that serves one man.
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State Religion
These are the things we will look back on, when we wonder how it is that we established a state religion.